Mass Effect 3 Discussion Thread

[quote name='IanKazimer']I'd play it.[/QUOTE]You'd hit it. You're easy like that.

[quote name='Ryuukishi']Actually a Plasma Cutter for Shepard in ME3 would be amazing. :D

I love these EA crossovers. Maybe we'll see some Dragon Age themed stuff for Isaac too. Not likely to be any Kingdoms of Amalur items though, unless they were developed a long time ago.[/QUOTE]Omni-blade upgrade to plasma cutter?

If I remember right, there was a cross-promotion item for something with Dead Space, which I think was Dragon Age if memory servers. Ser Issac's armor, I believe.
 
Yup, Dragon Age II had Isaac Clarke armor.

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The strangest crossover remains N7 armor in Final Fantasy XIII-2.

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[quote name='Ryuukishi']Yup, Dragon Age II had Isaac Clarke armor.

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I used that Ser Isaac armor way longer than I should have.


[quote name='shrike4242']You'd hit it. You're easy like that.[/QUOTE]


Only for you, babe.



Looking forward to hearing more on the DLC. My fiancee--who is an enormous ME fan--FINALLY finished her run of the trilogy and walked away quite satisfied with it.
Ultra paragon. Went with the blue ending.

Not only did she manage to avoid spoilers all this time, but she had the benefit of never seeing the original ending. Things like Omega and Leviathan were just part of the game for her, and that was pretty cool to see. Despite my love for the trilogy, I kinda liked watching her journey through it more. I also liked seeing the results of someone beating the game without being aware of the initial development misstep.


She still hated Kai Leng though. There's no undoing that.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Hopefully the next one is a little more substantial/memorable than Omega.[/QUOTE]I've yet to dabble in it, though everyone in here pretty much said that you should wait for it to go on sale, which is what I'm doing.

Would be the first ME DLC I didn't pay full price for. :|

[quote name='IanKazimer']I used that Ser Isaac armor way longer than I should have.[/QUOTE]I never ended up using it as the stuff from the LE was better than that armor for me.[/quote]

Only for you, babe.
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Heh.

Looking forward to hearing more on the DLC. My fiancee--who is an enormous ME fan--FINALLY finished her run of the trilogy and walked away quite satisfied with it.
Ultra paragon. Went with the blue ending.

Not only did she manage to avoid spoilers all this time, but she had the benefit of never seeing the original ending. Things like Omega and Leviathan were just part of the game for her, and that was pretty cool to see. Despite my love for the trilogy, I kinda liked watching her journey through it more. I also liked seeing the results of someone beating the game without being aware of the initial development misstep.

She still hated Kai Leng though. There's no undoing that.
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I'd like to find out more about the DLC myself, though I'm curious to see where they'd go with it. Leviathan and From Ashes were both back story and Omega is side story. I guess we'd go with another side story as well?

Good to know the fiancee liked the trip down the trilogy. I also liked the entire thing from beginning to end with little complaint.
 
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[quote name='IanKazimer']I used that Ser Isaac armor way longer than I should have.





Only for you, babe.



Looking forward to hearing more on the DLC. My fiancee--who is an enormous ME fan--FINALLY finished her run of the trilogy and walked away quite satisfied with it.
Ultra paragon. Went with the blue ending.

Not only did she manage to avoid spoilers all this time, but she had the benefit of never seeing the original ending. Things like Omega and Leviathan were just part of the game for her, and that was pretty cool to see. Despite my love for the trilogy, I kinda liked watching her journey through it more. I also liked seeing the results of someone beating the game without being aware of the initial development misstep.


She still hated Kai Leng though. There's no undoing that.[/QUOTE]


Hang on. I thought Green was the Paragon ending. Blue was more like neutral/siding with TIM.
 
Been getting into the Multiplayer the last couple of days and having a lot of fun with it too. I'm usually adverse to playing with randoms in anything, but I'm enjoying a lot regardless.

Still haven't beat the game though. Relentlessly waiting on a From Ashes sale before I go any further than I have (Genophage stuff).
 
I don't think the red and blue choices were meant to correspond to Renegade and Paragon. If they were, then somebody goofed since in every other choice in ME2 and ME3 up that point, agreeing with the Illusive Man was considered Renegade and going against his wishes was considered Paragon.
 
I actually loved the color switch at the end. There were some gray area decisions that I liked a lot in the trilogy
like how destroying the Geth heretics was the "right" decision that made ultimate unification more likely.
But then, I never loved picking a color and defining my gameplay by it. Though I was primarily renegade, I still shifted to blue in several situations throughout the trilogy.
 
I suppose the color "switch" could have been intentional, in terms of,
obedience to authority could be considered a Paragon value, and violent rebellion could be considered Renegade. But I tend to think of the blue choice as Shepard seizing absolute power, which, even with benevolent intentions, the series has consistently depicted as a Renegade choice, especially in the context of the Illusive Man trying to control the Reapers. So if by coloring it blue the writers were trying to make a statement that Control is consistent with Paragon values as depicted in the series up to that point, I don't believe they made their case.

I'm still inclined to think that they used the 3-color scheme just to clearly differentiate the three choices, and it wasn't meant to tie in with the morality system.

ETA: Should we still be spoilering this stuff? :lol: I mean, is there honestly anyone taking part in this conversation at this point who doesn't know how the game ends?
 
Paragon and especially renegade were never a consistent worldview, moral stance, or anything. Trying to tie them in to the extremely morally questionable ending choices in any meaningful way is an impossible task.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']ETA: Should we still be spoilering this stuff? :lol: I mean, is there honestly anyone taking part in this conversation at this point who doesn't know how the game ends?[/QUOTE]

Yeah good point. I'm in favor of non-spoiler open discussion. All in favor??
 
I read and post here sometimes and I still haven't beaten the game. I know the endings and such, but none of the details.

If putting things in spoiler tags is daunting, then don't do it. The game has been out long enough and like it's been said, everybody knows the endings even if they haven't played it.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']I suppose the color "switch" could have been intentional, in terms of,
obedience to authority could be considered a Paragon value, and violent rebellion could be considered Renegade. But I tend to think of the blue choice as Shepard seizing absolute power, which, even with benevolent intentions, the series has consistently depicted as a Renegade choice, especially in the context of the Illusive Man trying to control the Reapers. So if by coloring it blue the writers were trying to make a statement that Control is consistent with Paragon values as depicted in the series up to that point, I don't believe they made their case.

I'm still inclined to think that they used the 3-color scheme just to clearly differentiate the three choices, and it wasn't meant to tie in with the morality system.

ETA: Should we still be spoilering this stuff? :lol: I mean, is there honestly anyone taking part in this conversation at this point who doesn't know how the game ends?[/QUOTE]

Way ahead of you :D
 
[quote name='Indignate']I read and post here sometimes and I still haven't beaten the game. I know the endings and such, but none of the details.

If putting things in spoiler tags is daunting, then don't do it. The game has been out long enough and like it's been said, everybody knows the endings even if they haven't played it.[/QUOTE]
Just for you, here are spoilers on things that unfortunately don't happen in Mass Effect:









 
Speaking of the ship models, who's the asshole that scattered my ME2 models all over the Normandy at the start of ME3? I blame Vega.
 
[quote name='ArmyOfFun']Speaking of the ship models, who's the asshole that scattered my ME2 models all over the Normandy at the start of ME3? I blame Vega.[/QUOTE]

That same SOB let my space hamster loose. That thing was a bitch to catch!
 
Since there were a few down in the hidey-hole area under the stairway in Engineering, I'm guessing Jack raided Shepard's quarters after he was apprehended.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Just for you, here are spoilers on things that unfortunately don't happen in Mass Effect:









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Holy shit, these are fantastic.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Since there were a few down in the hidey-hole area under the stairway in Engineering, I'm guessing Jack raided Shepard's quarters after he was apprehended.[/QUOTE]

Jack makes sense. I can see her doing something unseemly with the space hamster.
 
[quote name='IanKazimer']Holy shit, these are fantastic.[/QUOTE]
There's a shitload of them, too. They kinda run in themes - this bunch of comics about Urz the friendly varren from ME2, this bunch about Javik insulting everyone, these comics about male Shepard basically being The Dude...

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Haha, I remember a bunch of em closer to launch. Javik calling Garrus a fool for not watching porn on his visor is an early favorite. Also, anything to do with Urz will be a hit in my household. We probably say his name more than our dog's.
 
While the Normandy currently holds a poker table on board,
no damn poker game commences! Like wtf, Vega even played on the citadel!?
 
[quote name='Spybreak8']While the Normandy currently holds a poker table on board,
no damn poker game commences! Like wtf, Vega even played on the citadel!?
[/QUOTE]

There's a segment where Vega clears out Kaidan on that poker table.
 
I'm not getting any of these drawings that Crotch is posting.

Is it cuz I haven't beat the game yet or is my sense of humor not as grand as everybody else?
 
[quote name='IanKazimer']I used that Ser Isaac armor way longer than I should have.





Only for you, babe.



Looking forward to hearing more on the DLC. My fiancee--who is an enormous ME fan--FINALLY finished her run of the trilogy and walked away quite satisfied with it.
Ultra paragon. Went with the blue ending.

Not only did she manage to avoid spoilers all this time, but she had the benefit of never seeing the original ending. Things like Omega and Leviathan were just part of the game for her, and that was pretty cool to see. Despite my love for the trilogy, I kinda liked watching her journey through it more. I also liked seeing the results of someone beating the game without being aware of the initial development misstep.


She still hated Kai Leng though. There's no undoing that.[/QUOTE]

Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb had a similar experience and named ME 3 his GotY based on the strength of having From Ashes and Leviathan in his main playthrough.
 
[quote name='GamerDude316']I did Red as my Paragon ending...here we go![/QUOTE]

Only if you believe in Indoctrination still. Otherwise your Paragon just committed genocide on the Geth and EDI. Joker sadface. Sounds more Renegade to me.

There is no true definition of the endings. It's high concept "art".
 
[quote name='Lord_Kefka']
Only if you believe in Indoctrination still. Otherwise your Paragon just committed genocide on the Geth and EDI. Joker sadface. Sounds more Renegade to me.

There is no true definition of the endings. It's high concept "art".
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Because becoming the Big Brother machine overlord of the entire galaxy and making all organic races effectively your slaves is so Paragon. :lol: ;)
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']Just cuz:

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[/QUOTE]I kinda felt bad about how Legion was handled in ME3. The guy who wrote most of its dialogue (and a shitload of the codex entries in ME1 and 2) left the company, so the character - and the geth in general - ended up going in a rather... different direction.
 
Who wrote the Legion stuff? I was wondering last night who wrote Jacks stuff, as well.

That vid with Sam Hulick was good. It reminded me of the emotional aspect of a few scenes.
 
In ME3? I don't know. In ME2 it was Chris L'etoile, which is a pretty fucking badass name for someone working on a science-fiction franchise ("L'etoile" translates to "The star"). By extension of doing the writing for Legion, he was also responsible for effectively shaping the entirety of the geth in ME2. He was also really not in to the whole "N7 plating on Legion" thing, something that a concept artist did on a whim that someone higher up on the company ladder really liked and wanted to be a major part of the character. L'etoile tried to downplay it as much as possible through dialogue, but... eh.

He also did a lot of writing for ME2's EDI, I think, and seemed kind of offended by how EDI, Legion, and the geth came out in ME3.
 
[quote name='Lord_Kefka']
Only if you believe in Indoctrination still. Otherwise your Paragon just committed genocide on the Geth and EDI. Joker sadface. Sounds more Renegade to me.

There is no true definition of the endings. It's high concept "art".
[/QUOTE]


Because
overwriting the free will of the ENTIRE GALAXY (Synthesis) or Taking over the race that has destroyed countless lives for generations and telling the rest of the galaxy that they're just supposed to magically accept it isn't Renegade :roll:
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Because becoming the Big Brother machine overlord of the entire galaxy and making all organic races effectively your slaves is so Paragon. :lol: ;)[/QUOTE]

I prefer the term "Shepard Super Jesus".

[quote name='GamerDude316']Because
overwriting the free will of the ENTIRE GALAXY (Synthesis) or Taking over the race that has destroyed countless lives for generations and telling the rest of the galaxy that they're just supposed to magically accept it isn't Renegade :roll:
[/QUOTE]

Duh and/or hola. If you never read a single one of my posts, I've said repeatedly that none of the endings work on those principles for a "full paragon". Reading is fundamental. Try it sometime genius.
 
[quote name='Lord_Kefka']I prefer the term "Shepard Super Jesus".



Duh and/or hola. If you never read a single one of my posts, I've said repeatedly that none of the endings work on those principles for a "full paragon". Reading is fundamental. Try it sometime genius.[/QUOTE]

As a matter of fact, I never have read one of your posts until the first one I quoted. I dont intend to read another one either.
 
All endings are basically Renegade in some way.

Control: You're siding with The Illusive Man. Pretty much speaks for itself.
Synthesis: You're forcing something on everyone (also, because starbrat told you "it was the logical thing to do"). Free will just got spaced.
Destroy: You killed EDI. The Geth. "Hey, EDI! You're an individual that makes her own choices!" "Hey, Legion! You're an individual and you sacrificed yourself to help make your kind sentient!" Yeah, about all that...

Actually, now that I think about it, the only one that isn't really Renegade (sort of) is the ending where BioWare spits in our face: Shooting starbrat or Rejection ending. According to the game, you basically gave it your best shot and it didn't work out. No one was forced into doing anything. Everyone died fighting for what they believed in. That's kind of Paragon-ish :lol:
 
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